This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 246, page 245: This is my fungal carpet.
The core message of the announcement was clear and forceful: the guild officially and temporarily took over the substantive management of Silent Wind Town, and all output within the town and the surrounding area would be under the full control of the branch leader, Fal.

The announcement also outlined specific measures for the future of Silent Wind Town. On the one hand, a special team will be sent to investigate the current situation of the dungeon. On the other hand, roads will be cleared in and around Silent Wind Town, and clear mushroom growing areas will be demarcated. Guild-appointed personnel will be responsible for the unified harvesting and management.

Adventurers who still wish to gather mushrooms must either enter the dungeon or venture into forests beyond their current jurisdiction.

That's not all. The announcement also stated that the scope of this management may continue to expand as things develop.

For ordinary people, the reaction to this move was relatively calm, and even contained a hint of expectation.

Although they lost the freedom to gather their own mushrooms, Chairman Far's continued provision of relief food gave them the confidence that these centrally managed mushrooms would ultimately benefit the refugees.

Moreover, if the large-scale mushroom field plan is indeed implemented as stated in the announcement, the large amount of labor required will inevitably come from ordinary people like them, rather than adventurers who are used to risking their lives. This would be tantamount to providing a stable livelihood for some of them.

After all, in the originally free competition of gathering, they were no match for those adventurers.

Conversely, this undoubtedly harms the interests of adventurers.

While this measure won't affect the adventurers' survival, it will prevent them from making that quick money as easily as they do now.

Anyone would be envious and resentful if the prize they were about to have was snatched away, so they are protesting here!

Of course, this courage also relied on the cover of a large group; adventurers have always been the group most adept at assessing the situation.

Farr knew perfectly well that there was no need to pay any attention to this commotion. He could simply push through the law, and anyone who dared to object would be arrested for disrespecting the Duke and the Guild, and thrown in jail to remind them whether the Duke's family had this authority under the law.

This was also the approach Far had anticipated; although it would offend adventurers and damage his reputation, it would have an immediate effect.

But Miss Inanna said she had a "more convincing" way.

Inanna did not reveal any details. Far did not have high expectations for this duke's daughter who had no achievements, but after all, she represented the St. Clair family, and Far could only accompany her in whatever she wanted to try.

The worst-case scenario is that she makes things worse and escalates the conflict, at which point he can step in to clean up the mess.

From another perspective, if she really messes up, Far will naturally gain more control in subsequent actions.

Under the protection of guards and Puji, Inanna walked onto the makeshift platform.

As soon as she appeared, the clamor in the camp quickly subsided, leaving only suppressed breathing.

All the adventurers' eyes were focused on the duke's daughter, awaiting her explanation.

"Adventurers," Inanna's clear voice pierced the air and reached everyone's ears, "you should not be so dissatisfied. This land undoubtedly belongs to my St. Clair family."

She paused slightly, her gaze sweeping over the throng of people below. "As for this mushroom carpet, it belongs to me, and I naturally have the absolute right to dispose of it. In fact, it would be more accurate to say that you all dug up mushrooms without permission, and I did not pursue the matter."

"Huh?" "What did she say?"

"The creep grew in the dungeon, so how did it become yours? By what right? Because of that 'King of Puji' beside you who's been away from the dungeon for so long?"

Most of the adventurers present had heard about the "King of Puji," but no one believed that owning a Puji that had been taken away for a long time could represent Inanna's ownership of the creep, and the wave of doubts rose again.

"These vulgar things!" Faced with these questions about the young lady, a guard's face turned ashen, his hand already on the hilt of his sword. He wanted to find a few of the most vocal ones to make an example of, but Inanna stopped him.

Far stood in the shadows a little behind, his brows furrowed.

He agreed with Inanna's claim to ownership of the territory, but directly claiming the creep as personal property was too easy to incite public outrage. Did this rich young lady think that everyone would agree just because she said it?
Far gestured for Mirabelle, already prepared to come out and clean up Inanna's mess in a moment.

Faced with the doubts, Inanna simply picked up the knight and calmly walked down from the platform, heading straight to a patch of creeping fungus that had just spread to the edge of the camp.

All eyes were on her. The adventurers looked at each other, wondering what she was going to do. Was she going to just declare ownership and leave?

Inanna stood at the edge of the creep, facing the crowd, and announced loudly, "First of all, it's not called 'King of Puji'! Its name is 'Knight'!"

She lifted the knight in her arms high, her voice suddenly rising, declaring without room for argument, "Secondly, this fungal carpet truly belongs to me! And the proof is—"

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly yanked the knight towards the fungal carpet!
boo boo-

An incredible sight has occurred!

To everyone's astonishment, the fungal carpet behind Inanna seemed to come alive!
Centered on her position, countless mushrooms burst forth as if instantly propelled by an invisible hand, or like ripples spreading across the surface of water, vying to break through the carpet!

They didn't just appear sporadically, but rather emerged and expanded wildly in large numbers!

In less than half a minute, the area of ​​fungal carpet within sight was completely covered by a thick, lush, and suffocating layer of mushrooms!
Mushrooms of all colors are crowded together, their density far exceeding the limits of natural growth, and there are even some delicious red mushrooms that everyone craves among them!

The entire camp fell into a deathly silence.

The adventurers, who had been shouting just moments before, were now staring in disbelief at the fungal carpet that seemed to have been blessed with a miracle, and at Inanna and the knight Puji standing in front of it.

Even Far was slightly agape, unable to hide the extreme shock on his face.

A knowledgeable person might guess it was some kind of powerful natural magic artifact, but someone like Far who truly understood natural magic immediately dismissed that possibility.

Even with natural magic, to achieve this effect, it would require the personal intervention of an elven archmage; clearly, it's not something that can be accomplished with ordinary magical artifacts.

At this moment, a somewhat absurd thought popped into everyone's mind: This fungal carpet... really is hers?!
"Hmph!" Looking at the speechless crowd, Inanna curled her lips into a smile and let out a soft hum.

Her heart was overflowing with pride. Just now, the boss had praised her for doing a great job!
(End of this chapter)